With the popularity of tablets, mobile devices and the basic need to have access to everything on all devices.

Media queries offer designers the ability to easily code their websites so that they are optimized on all devices and screen sizes. With large monitors displaying at it’s best, with smaller devices like an iPad – the information needs to be laid out differently, so it’s still user-friendly. Further to that a mobile device like an iPhone, to have a 1280 pixel wide website fit onto a screen sized at 320 pixels the needs to be optimized for users to navigate easily. Most sites stack their information for vertical scrolling, which allows items to be sized larger.